Da Hike News: On Wednesday, October 15, 2025, the Karnataka government increased the contribution to Drahouška (DA) for the civil servants to 14.25% before the Diwali 2025, the PTI press agency reported.
According to a report by the State Government, the Drahoba has increased the item for its employees to 14.25%, compared to their earlier 12.25% of their basic salary levels.
The State Government of Karnataka also stated that the increase in DA would also apply to pensioners, according to the announcement of the financial department cited in the report.
Increasing the contribution to the darling will be effective from 1 July 2026, according to the official order. This step represents the second DA hike in the financial year 2025-26.
At the beginning of May 2025, the state government increased Karnataka by 12.25% of the basic wage by 12.25% of the basic wage compared to their earlier levels of 10.75%.
The Drahouška contribution is the percentage of the basic salary of employees to help relieve the effects of inflation on their cost of living.
The cabinet approves the hike
On October 1, 2025, the Union’s cabinet approved a 3% increase in the contribution to the expensive (DA) for the Central Government employees before the Diwali Festival.
According to the previous Mitin report, the additional installment of the dear allowance (DA) was increased by 3% of the central government and relief from expensive (DR) pensioners by 3% compared to the current rate of 55% of basic remuneration/pension to compensate for price increases.
“Today, the Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has today approved the publication of another installment of the contribution to the expensive government (DA) to the employees of the Central Government and the relief from the expensive (DR) for the WEF 01.07.2025, representing an increase of 3% compared to the current rate of 55% of basic remuneration/pension.
The DA hike is based on the recommendations of the 7th Central Commission of the Central Government.
According to the news report, the overall annual impact of DA and DR HIKE will be almost £10 084 crore. The proposed hike is expected to benefit nearly 49.19 lake employees of the central government and 68.72 Lakh pensioners.
In 2024, the central government approved a 3% increase in DA for employees of the central government on October 16, 2024, before Diwali last year.
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